Tag: Free Speech

Total Results: 124


A 1989 protest against Salman Rushdie's book, The Satanic Verses. Credit: Staff/Mirrorpix/Getty Images
14 Jul 2020 - 1:10am

The historical amnesia of culture warriors Work that's cancelled for being 'of its time' was probably objected to, at the time

Dorian Lynskey

Tuesday, 7 July

07.07

Don’t let the activists grind you down So what if you stand up for women's rights, or find Louis CK funny? It’s time to stop pandering to the mob

Meghan Murphy

Tuesday, 30 June

30.06

Why won’t liberals defend liberalism? The woke threat to liberty is not a fringe issue — and people with mainstream opinions are in the firing line

Peter Franklin

Tuesday, 23 June

23.06

We all need a Devil to play Advocate People make better arguments when they take their opponents seriously

Tom Chivers

Wednesday, 17 June

17.06

How the Left betrayed feminism Who needs women's sex-based rights when you have authoritarian utopianism?

Sarah Ditum

Tuesday, 10 March

10.03

Ten woke ways to shut down debate Some people would prefer you didn’t talk back — here's how they'll try to cancel you

Peter Franklin

Monday, 9 March

09.03

How political correctness went mad Standing for liberal values means defending opinions that we fundamentally disagree with

Tim Farron

Thursday, 20 February

20.02

Hate crime is the new blasphemy We've replaced a conception of the common good with a radical individualism

Mary Harrington

Tuesday, 3 December

03.12

The truth about free speech in Britain Kipling saw in our national class division the split between the Normans and the liberty-loving Saxons. Perhaps it still exists

Peter Hitchens

Thursday, 14 November

14.11

Don’t give in to the bullying trans activists They'll come for you at the slightest perceived transgression. But you're not a bigot. Be calm. Stand firm.

Graham Linehan

Tuesday, 8 October

08.10

All the world’s a stage for the trans ultras Theatreland's bible has caved into activists's demands and cancelled articles about gender-neutral loos

Stephen Pollard

Friday, 27 September

27.09

Whatever happened to ‘publish and be damned’? The cancelling of James Flynn's book is another sign that much of the industry has stopped being a place for the free exchange of ideas

Douglas Murray